A new species of the Miniopterus australis species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Western Ghats, India Author Srinivasulu, Bhargavi Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500007, Telangana State, India & Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies, # F 5, CFRD Building, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500007, Telangana State, Author Srinivasulu, Aditya 0000-0003-1586-1930 Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1586 - 1930 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-26 5296 2 233 249 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.5 journal article 53410 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.5 636dda9b-cef1-4935-bc9f-0c995b7e77c1 1175-5326 7978205 1FDED980-F4F6-457E-B8AB-7A05589669F9

TABLE 1. External and craniodental measurements (in mm) of Miniopterus srinii sp. nov. and M. pusillus from India and Southeast Asia (*All records of M. pusillus from south India tentatively treated as M. srinii sp. nov.).

Species	M. srinii sp. nov. (Holotype)	M. srinii sp. nov. (Paratype)	M. pusillus *	M. pusillus	M. pusillus	M. pusillus (topotypic)	M. pusillus
Location	Karnataka, India	Karnataka, India	Kerala, India	Karnataka* and Nicobar Islands, India	NE India	Nicobar Islands, India	Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Alor, Roti & Seram Islands, Indonesia
Reference	Present study	Present study	Raman et al. (2021)	Bates & Harrison (1997)	Saikia et al. (2020)	Ghosh (2008), Present study	Kitchener & Suyanto (2002)
External measurements
FA	41.29	38.93	40.09±1.44	39.9±0.3	43.0	39.68±0.8	42.6±1.5
TL	51.33	46.53	40.12±3.46	41.9±2.0	51	42.31±2.81	44.8±3.0
EL	8.80	7.46	8.99±1.30	-	11	8.92±1.05	10.1±0.4
TIB	17.09	16.25	15.53±0.89	-	17.6	16.76±0.36	19.0±1.0
HF	6.32	6.56	7.64±0.48	-	7.6	7.85±1.06	-
3MT	37.27	36.44	-	36.9±0.6	-	-	39.3±1.3
4MT	36.03	35.33	-	35.7±0.4	-	-	37.7±1.2
5MT	34.15	33.11	-	33.9±0.3	-	-	35.3±1.3
1P3MT	9.18	9.33	-	-	-	-	10.1±0.4
2P3MT	32.61	33.11	-	-	-	-	28.5±1.3
1P4MT	7.86	7.58	-	-	-	-	-
2P4MT	16.30	15.44	-	-	-	-	-
Craniodental measurements
GTL	14.7	14.71	-	13.3±0.3	14.0	13.5	13.53±0.27
CBL	13.31	14.09	-	-	-	11.6	-
CCL	12.89	12.92	-	12.2±0.3	12.7	-	-
CM3	5.46	5.34	-	5.1±0.1	5.3	5.0	5.16±0.10
C1-C1	4.14	4.07	-	-	4.1	3.8	3.93±0.14
M3-M3	5.68	5.77	-	5.6±0.1	5.8	5.6	5.44±0.13
BCL	3.27	3.15	-	-	-	-	5.18±0.16
PL	4.77	4.68	-	-	-	-	5.16±0.16
ICD	1.67	1.48	-	-	-	-	1.23±0.06
BB	7.15	7.3	-	7.0±0.1	7.4	7.1	7.27±0.16
ZW	7.95	7.92	-	7.6	7.9	7.6	7.48±0.21
CH	7.57	7.77	-	-	-	-	5.83±0.16
CM3	5.96	5.85	-	5.5±0.1	5.6	-	-
M	10.98	10.18	-	9.6±0.3	10.0	-	9.59±0.19